Thursday, 28 May 2009
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Longtime no blog.
Here's my update:
We are here living back in Oviedo FL. We are all going to our last little league game for this season tonight. We have a choir concert on Sunday. Normally these would indicate the ending of the school year but this year we are playing catch up. Our time in Virginia put me behind a few months. Jacob has 49 days of Algebra 1/2 left so we will work until that is done. The good part about homeschooling is we can go all summer long, yet take a break when we need to.
While in Virginia I was in intense muscle pain and I was exhausted. I thought it was stress. Then Maxwell almost died from his diabetes. I'm so grateful God allowed us to find out what was wrong with him. God has been so gracious with us. During this time I was just ignoring my symptoms. When we returned to Florida I thought my symptoms would get better in the warmth but it did not. I went to my doctor for aching ears. He asked what else was wrong. I started crying about my weight but neglected to tell him this list:
- Itchy skin when I eat wheat (I have Celiacs disease now, just diagnosed)
- Weakness (I could not stand in the kitchen to clean for more than 10 minutes)
- Weight gain or increased difficulty losing weight (I gave up sugar and wheat 1 month and lost nothing but gain 5 lbs)
- Coarse, dry hair (This was nasty, even my hair stylist was shocked)
- Constipation
- Depression
- Irritability
- Memory loss (I can hardly remember...............oh I forget what)
- Abnormal menstrual cycles (UGGGGGGGGG)
- Muscle cramps and frequent muscle aches
Fatigue (I was falling asleep during teaching school, sometimes 3X a day)
I have Hypothyroidism. I've been on the meds almost two weeks and I have had more energy and I've dropped 11lbs. I have less pain and most my symptoms have lessened. I'm truly grateful for medicine. I thought I'd be happiest to lose weight but I'm happiest that my head is no longer heavy all the time. I still have alot of memory loss but I'm working on that.
Steve still needs a job. His job ends tomorrow. He has a possible pastoral job but he also has regular job opportunities in Texas and New Hampshire. Please pray for him.
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Comments (4)
I'm sure that that's a relief! Still praying for a job for Steve and for Maxwell to adjust to his new lifestyle.
Thanks for the update! I'm glad that there are possibilities out there for Steve. We'll pray about it. Glad the meds are working. I know just what you mean about the fatigue. It's such a relief to just be awake! Not that it isn't nice to know why you were so sleepy. And to lose a few pounds. Those are nice things, too.
I had no idea what was wrong with me. I hate giving up but I had no energy and I was unable to take care of my home. Steve was graciously not mentioning the fact that I was falling down on the job. (haha falling down on the job haha) This all started about the middle of November. I started the constant sleeping when we moved here, at K's I was in bed by 7 pm. I'm so grateful.
Thanks for the prayers.
Oh Cathy, thanks for the link for the diabetes stuff.
Praying for you all. Glad you posted to give us detail to pray better. (Uh, well, I'm not sure that is doctrinally applicable, but I know I feel better about my praying when I can do it detailed.) Sorry you are having to go through one rotten thing after another but pleased that diagnoses are finally being applied and addressed.
Love and prayers, always,
Nan